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Synonyms for malfeasance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mal-fee-zuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : mælˈfi zəns

Définition of malfeasance

Origin :
  • 1690s, from French malfaisance "wrongdoing," from malfaisant, from mal- "badly" (see mal-) + faisant, present participle of faire "to do," from Latin facere "to do" (see factitious). Malfeasor "wrong-doer" is attested from early 14c. Related: Malfeasant.
  • noun wrongdoing
  • noun crime
Example sentences :
  • One evening a court was organized to try him for "malfeasance in office."
  • Extract from : « The Secret Service. » by Albert D. Richardson
  • I never heard of any of them being removed for incompetency, dereliction of duty or malfeasance.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
  • The knowledge of this added treachery hath come to me but recently; and this also was of Rizzo's malfeasance.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Pawn of Venice » by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
  • In the language of the courts, an agent is liable to third parties for malfeasance, but not for misfeasance.
  • Extract from : « Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3 » by Various
  • Malfeasance was stimulated by the excessive tenderness which forbore to visit misconduct with punishment.
  • Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, » by Henry Charles Lea
  • Without hesitation he found either Jimmie or his companion to be guilty of malfeasance in office.
  • Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • After the time of Philip Augustus there was malfeasance in the police of Paris.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • Very little of the malfeasance in positions of public trust escaped the attention of this writer.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923 » by Various
  • The thing to do was to return what they owed, and then, at least, no charge of malfeasance would lie against them.
  • Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser
  • For if the prime minister defended him, as was likely, he might be accused of protecting guilt and malfeasance.
  • Extract from : « A History of England » by Charles Oman

Antonyms for malfeasance

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